From the Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago-based JET, the leading African American weekly news magazine, will debut a new design and is changing its content to appeal to a broader readership with it’s Feb. 15 issue.
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Playboy lends name to ‘The Hef’ loveseat
Bryan Batt and Playboy Club Bunnies seated on “The Hef”. (PRNewsFoto/Playboy)
Tribune staff report | Playboy Enterprises, Inc. said it has partnered with Mad Men star and interior designer Bryan Batt to create “The Hef,” a limited-edition loveseat designed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Playboy Clubs.
Hand signed by Playboy Founder, Editor-in-Chief and Chief Creative Officer Hugh M. Hefner, the loveseat incorporates design elements from the early 1960s,and homage to the era when the Playboy Clubs were founded.
Playboy Clubs, now and then: chicagotribune.com
CBS sells all its Super Bowl commercial spots
Tribune newspapers | On Monday, CBS executives said they had finished selling commercial time for the NFL championship game between the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts. Despite the weak economy, CBS is charging $2.5 million to more than $3 million for each 30-second spot, about the same amount that NBC collected a year ago.
Rosenthal: A tepid debut for ‘Monsters & Money’
By Phil Rosenthal | “Monsters & Money in the Morning” is going to have to get ahead of the news, rather than simply talk about what’s already happened in a flitting, fleeting way if it’s going to be worth waking up for weekday mornings at 5 a.m. on CBS-owned WBBM-Ch. 2.
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WMAQ-Ch. 5 to pick up Nate Berkus show
By Phil Rosenthal | Oprah Winfrey protege Nate Berkus’ coming syndicated series is getting a major boost with Chicago’s WMAQ-Ch. 5 and nine other NBC owned-and-operated stations agreeing to pick the show up this fall, according to various reports.
That new series, tentatively called “The Nate Berkus Show,” will feature a variety of subjects and guests, focusing on lifestyle, entertainment and personal growth.
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